When i visited the gallery last week the government was just giving a press conference about new measures and recommendations to contain the spread of the virus.
Mimosa EchardMimosa EchardMimosa EchardShanta Rao
The next day Nest, the museums and many other exhibition platforms closed their doors.
Shanta RaoMaya RochatMaya Rochat
In a way there is a link between the spread of the virus and its consequences, and the works shown in Fluid Desires.
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As Nest says on its website: “…concepts that had been carved in stone for decades, have now started to flow. Notions like time, space, reality, nature, the object, human and the object-man relation.”
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That quotation seems to suit the present more than ever.
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Nest is always trying to give reflections on the present in its shows, but it couldn’t have imagined when planning this particular exhibition – and neither could curator Nanda Janssen – that the present would be as fluid as it is now at this very moment.
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There is nothing predictive in the show – artists can’t predict the future any better than you or me – , it is just that the world itself has taken these works into the very fluid present and has given them a new value.
Galerie Helder has decided to close its doors for the time being because of the Covid-19 virus.
Bas Lobik
It won’t organise the planned finissage of its present exhibition Remembrance with works by David Engel (1973), René Korten (1957) and Bas Lobik (1965).
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The trio of artists find themselves happily together in this show about both the freedom and the framework that materials offer.
Bas LobikDavid Engel
Engel’s objects are wall sculptures made of multiplex, but seemingly with none of the rigidity of the material.
David EngelDavid Engel
By bending his material he has pushed it to its limits and has given it with paint and shadows a striking sense of lyricism.
René KortenRené Korten
Lobik’s works may remind you a bit of Morris Louis’ (1912-1962) later paintings.
René KortenDavid Engel
They share the mystery of what paint does when given its freedom within the boundaries of gravity.
David EngelBas Lobik
However Lobik’s paintings, by their nuanced details, will force you to take a close look and maybe to find yourself lost in them.
Bas LobikDavid Engel
This sense of giving space to paint itself and to its properties, is also strongly present in Korten’s works.
David EngelRené Korten
He combines this free flowing capacity with elements of geometry in sometimes stark contrast, almost as a metaphor for the interaction of nature and culture.
René KortenRené Korten
As such it is a pity this exhibition, which may even invite to reflect on the present situation, will not be visible for those who planned to see it in its last days.
Bas LobikBas Lobik
On the other hand it is interesting to see how exhibitions unexpectedly become statements of the human condition.
René KortenRené Korten
In the case of this exhibition it has become a statement of lyricism within the framework of material and natural properties.
Dürst Britt & Mayhew celebrates its five years anniversary with works by all its thirteen artists (and its designer). For this occasion some works were given on loan by buyers and collectors whom the gallery has succeeded in gathering over the past few years. I leave you here with some aspects of what is on show as i’ve already written extensively about it. Click here if you want to read more by yours truly about the show (in English).
Wieske WesterDavid RothSybren RenemaSybren RenemaAlex FarrarRaúl Ortega AyalaRaúl Ortega AyalaAlexandre LavetWillem HussemWillem HussemJoseph MontgomeryDavid RothPaul BeumerPaul BeumerJoseph MontgomeryWieske WesterPuck VerkadePuck VerkadeLennart LahuisLennart LahuisAlexandre LavetJacqueline de JongJacqueline de JongPieter Paul Pothoven, Chantal HendriksenPieter Paul PothovenAlex Farrar
Well, there you are: i proposed to publish only a few pictures as a teaser for what i think you should really go and see.
Christie van der HaakChristie van der HaakJos de l’OrmeJos de l’Orme
But then, when selecting pictures for this post, i was overcome by the same kind of drunkenness you get when seeing this exhibition, and here are far more pictures than i wanted to publish intially.
Katia BorghesiKatia BorghesiPeter Vos, Ellen van Dijk
She invited sixteen guest artists to show their works against the backdrop of her own wall decorations at Galerie Maurits van de Laar.
Ellen van DijkMarjolijn van der MeijMarjolijn van der MeijHélène Penninga
At the opening one of the artists called it a dialogue, which i think is the right idea.
Christie van der HaakPim PiëtPim Piët
But it is also a declaration of love for the works of these very different artists and even for art in general.
Diederik GerlachChristie van der HaakChristie van der Haak
Most of them are no artists of the gallery, some of them are household names (at least in The Hague), some of them are quite unknown here behind the dunes, which makes the show all the more interesting.
Generally, Van der Haak’s decorations give an extra dimension to the works of the other artists.
David PedrazaTheun GoversMarcel Zalme, Reinoud van Vught, Harold de Bree
It stresses their peculiarity, or even their mystery, if you wish.
Marcel ZalmeReinoud van VughtHarold de Bree
It is as if everything takes place within one big frame story which leads you to all kinds of different narratives and temperaments, all glowing with their own characteristics.
As i have written quite extensively about the show in Villa La Repubblica i leave you here just with some impressions without words.
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